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We've covered the question of maintenance therapy for lung cancer in many posts over the past 5-6 years as it has evolved from a concept with little evidence to a standard of care, but it is difficult to get a good summary of the big picture. This presentation is my attempt to distill the field into the most important principles.
And for those who want to download the slides in an easily printable form, here's the slide set as a pdf file: Maintenance therapy primer
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